TL;DR because if you're reading this, you probably don't like walls of text: This book hooked me even when I still hated to read. It's suspenseful, comical and sarcastic even through the serious themes, and makes relatable story arcs out of fantastic and interesting circumstances. This book helped me read more and feel better about my life. No lie.
This contains no spoilers other than the general structure of the series.
As someone who really doesn't like reading in general, I cannot stop reading Dresden. I'm about six books in, and I haven't gotten bored in the slightest.
I ordinarily hate reading. It's not that I'm bad at reading. I just hate doing it. Books I enjoyed were few and far between, and most were just tedious (and usually required in English class, and usually about people in horribly dated socioeconomic situations I just cannot connect to, dealing with problems in ways no human being would ever realistically do, with no semblance of happy ending or human strength or emotion in sight). If I was looking for a good story, vibrant world, and relateable characters, I was better off playing Bioshock: Infinite, or watching Firefly, or being unproductive in any number of non-book, generally tsked-upon ways.
Then I decided reading was an important part of life, and resolved to read more. But I had no idea where to start. I tried a few things, but nothing stuck. I legitimately struggled to finish some stories that lots of people in my demographic enjoy; even though I liked the stories well enough, I didn't care enough to stick with them.
This series is not like the others.
First of all, if you find it difficult to keep your attention on books, look into the Kindle audiobook + ebook bundle for this (it's a great value!). The voice is the smoothest dude on the block. Ladies, you will appreciate his sound. You will appreciate his sound a LOT. He's rugged and has a talent for snark that makes this book shine.
I tried this book once, actually, and had to take a second look at it. The first time, I got a little lost and couldn't tell where the mystery was going at all, so I put it down. The second time through, I read a little more actively and got hooked. Reading via audiobook helped immensely to get into it after years of hating printed story, and took away the time cost of sitting down to read - I could listen to it while working out or commuting or cleaning up or doing anything else that I found boring but required both hands and eyes. (Actually, because of Dresden, I now work out and clean a lot more than I used to....)
And now, it's not just Dresden. I've built up a reading mindset strong enough to get through that 400-page slow-paced political low-fantasy book my friend keeps raving about, or brush up on my classic Lovecraft lore. And I finally sat my tush down and finished that last Harry Potter book (I know, I'm terrible if THAT was giving me trouble....)
Let me also say that this particular book is the "weakest" of the series...which is to say, it goes from "good" to "great" to "amazing" from book to book. Even if you only SORT OF like Storm Front, you're bound to like Fool Moon, and you're sure to love Grave Peril...etc. The series, magic, and world is realistic and internally consistent, modern, timely, and...surprisingly tolerant and understanding of different demographics and beliefs. The main character learns something and grows as a person in every book. Sometimes he has bad days....
Okay, no. Every day is a bad day to be Harry Dresden.
That's the joke.
Surprisingly, the lighthearted tone, sarcasm, and relief interspersed in every hardship keeps the book from FEELING dark, though logically, you know it is. It doesn't take itself seriously enough to bring you down, but it is serious and scary enough to get you invested. It actually makes me feel better about my own life. No matter what, things will never be as bad for me as they'll be for Harry Dresden.
And I love it.
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Arrived on time.
While I know this is for the product and not the storyline, I will say that this book arrived on time. Pages were off. The text was not centered correctly.
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